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type: press_release
title: John III Sobieski
language: en
url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/press/john-iii-sobieski"
---

# John III Sobieski

### A Polish King in Vienna

7 July 2017 – 1 November 2017

[PM-Sobieski-de.pdf](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-files/PM-Sobieski-de.pdf)

[PM-Sobieski-en.pdf](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-files/PM-Sobieski-en.pdf)

[Booklet-SOBIESKI-DT.pdf](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-files/Booklet-SOBIESKI-DT.pdf)

[Booklet-SOBIESKI-EN.pdf](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-files/Booklet-SOBIESKI-EN.pdf)

[Booklet-SOBIESKI-PL.pdf](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-files/Booklet-SOBIESKI-PL.pdf)

[PM-Sobieski-pl.pdf](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-files/PM-Sobieski-pl.pdf)

![Oil on canvas — Portrait of John III on horseback, around 1704 — © Warsaw, Royal Castle &#150; Museum](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_492360586870_0.jpg)

## Press images 

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_495246658151_0.jpg) 

Daniel Schultz the Younger, John III. Sobieski (1629&#150;1696), Polish King, 1677&#150;1680

National Museum in Warsaw © National Museum in Warsaw

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_492360586870_1.jpg) 

Portrait of John III on horseback, around 1704

© Warsaw, Royal Castle &#150; Museum

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_492360586871_1.jpg) 

Henri Gascar, Portrait of the family of John III Sobieski, 1691

Krakow, Wavel castle, © Zamek Królewski na Wawelu, Photo: ?ukasz Schuster

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_492360589884_0.jpg) 

Daniel Schultz, Portrait of Johannes Hevelius, the astronomer, beer brewer and city council man of the old town of Gdansk, 1677

© Gdansk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Gdansk Library, © Gdansk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Gdansk Library

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_492360589886_0.jpg) 

Jerzy Eleuter Szymonowicz-Siemiginowski, Porträt der Königin Marie Casimire mit Kindern, um 1684

Warschau, Museum Schloss Wilanów, Foto: © Wojciech Holnicki

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_492360589889_0.jpg) 

François de Troy, Teresa Kunegunda Sobieska, around 1694

Lemberg, Borys Voznytsky National Art Gallery of Lviv, © Lemberg, Borys Voznytsky National Art Gallery of Lviv

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086411923.jpg) 

Buzogan, Großwesir Kara Mustafa Pascha zugeschrieben

Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Hofjagd- und Rüstkammer © KHM-Museumsverband

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086411921.jpg) 

Anonymer Medailleur, Medaille zum Gedenken an die antiosmanische Allianz, 1684

Warschau, Nationalmuseum © Copyright by Ligier Piotr/Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie Galvanisierte Bronze

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086411919.jpg) 

Anonymer Medailleur, Medaille zum Gedenken an die antiosmanische Allianz 1684

Warschau, Nationalmuseum © Copyright by Ligier Piotr/Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie Galvanisierte Bronze

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086411920.jpg) 

&#132;Hetmanzeichen&#147; von König Jan III. Sobieski, in Verwendung während der Schlacht bei Wien, Polen, vor 1683

Cz?stochowa, Paulinerkloster Jasna Góra © Muzeum Pa?acu Króla Jana III w Wilanowie, Foto: Zbigniew Reszka Silber, teilvergoldet (Originalfragment)

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086411918.jpg) 

Anonymer Maler, Porträt von König Jan III. Sobieski, 18. Jahrhundert

Warschau, Museum Schloss Wilanów © Muzeum Pa?acu Króla Jana III w Wilanowie, Foto: Zbigniew Reszka

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086411917.jpg) 

Anonymer Maler Porträt des Kara Mustafa 18. Jahrhundert

Warschau, Museum Schloss Wilanów © Muzeum Pa?acu Króla Jana III w Wilanowie, Foto: Zbigniew Reszka

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086411914.jpg) 

Husaren-Halbharnisch, Polen, zweite Hälfte des 17. Jahrhunderts

Krakau, Königsschloss auf dem Wawel © Zamek Królewski na Wawelu, Foto: Stanis?aw Michta

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086411913.jpg) 

Giacomo Herman, Römischer Kabinettschrank Jans III., um 1669/75

Krakau, Kloster des Ordens der Minderen Brüder Kapuziner © Muzeum Pa?acu Króla Jana III w Wilanowie, Foto: Agnieszka Indyk

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_495246657820_0.jpg) 

Pierre Vaneau (Vanneau), Jan III., 1683/87, Nussbaumholz, Königsschloss &#150; Museum, Warschau

© Zamek Królewski w Warszawie &#150; Muzeum, Foto: Andrzej Ring, Lech Sandzewicz

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_495246657718.jpg) 

Anonymous Painter, Portrait of Marie Casimire d&#146;Arquien, third Quarter of the 17th century

© Zamek Królewski na Wawelu, Photo: Anna Stankiewicz

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086412077_0.jpg) 

Exhibition view &#132;John III Sobieski. A Polish King in Vienna&#147;

Photo: Sandro Zanzinger © Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086412078.jpg) 

Exhibition view &#132;John III Sobieski. A Polish King in Vienna&#147;

Photo: Sandro Zanzinger © Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086412076.jpg) 

Exhibition view &#132;John III Sobieski. A Polish King in Vienna&#147;

Photo: Sandro Zanzinger © Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086412075_0.jpg) 

Exhibition view &#132;John III Sobieski. A Polish King in Vienna&#147;

Photo: Sandro Zanzinger © Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086414891_0.jpg) 

Exhibition view "John III Sobieski. A Polish King in Vienna"

Photo: Johannes Stoll © Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086414890.jpg) 

Exhibition view "John III Sobieski. A Polish King in Vienna"

Photo: Johannes Stoll © Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086414889_0.jpg) 

Exhibition view "John III Sobieski. A Polish King in Vienna"

Photo: Johannes Stoll © Belvedere, Vienna

![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_499086414887.jpg) 

Exhibition view "John III Sobieski. A Polish King in Vienna"

Photo: Johannes Stoll © Belvedere, Vienna

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[**John III Sobieski**](https://www.belvedere.at/en/john-iii-sobieski-0) — A Polish King in Vienna — 7 July 2017 - 1 November 2017 — Exhibition
